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Search phrase: boil

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Antony and CleopatraAC I.iii.61The garboils she awaked. At the last, best,The Garboyles she awak'd: at the last, best,
Antony and CleopatraAC II.ii.71So much uncurbable, her garboils, Caesar,So much vncurbable, her Garboiles (Casar)
CoriolanusCor I.iv.31You shames of Rome! You herd of – Boils and plaguesYou Shames of Rome: you Heard of Byles and Plagues
CoriolanusCor IV.v.196he might have boiled and eaten him too.hee might haue boyld and eaten him too.
CymbelineCym I.vii.125Which rottenness can lend Nature! Such boiled stuffWhich rottennesse can lend Nature. Such boyl'd stuffe
Henry VI Part 11H6 V.iv.120Speak, Winchester; for boiling choler chokesSpeake Winchester, for boyling choller chokes
King LearKL II.iv.218Which I must needs call mine. Thou art a boil,Which I must needs call mine. Thou art a Byle,
MacbethMac IV.i.9Boil thou first i'the charmed pot.Boyle thou first i'th' charmed pot.
MacbethMac IV.i.13In the cauldron boil and bake;In the Cauldron boyle and bake:
MacbethMac IV.i.19Like a hell-broth, boil and bubble.Like a Hell-broth, boyle and bubble.
Measure for MeasureMM V.i.316Where I have seen corruption boil and bubbleWhere I haue seene corruption boyle and bubble,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.146He bravely broached his boiling bloody breast.He brauely broacht his boiling bloudy breast,
The TempestTem V.i.60Now useless, boiled within thy skull. There stand,(Now vselesse) boile within thy skull: there stand
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.349Makes merit her election, and doth boil,Makes Merit her election, and doth boyle
Troilus and CressidaTC II.i.2Agamemnon – how if he had boils, full, allAgamemnon, how if he had Biles (ful) all
Troilus and CressidaTC II.i.5And those boils did run? – say so – did notAnd those Byles did runne, say so; did not
Twelfth NightTN II.v.3let me be boiled to death with melancholy.let me be boyl'd to death with Melancholly.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK IV.iii.31have i'th' tother place, such burning, frying, boiling,have i'th / Thother place, such burning, frying, boyling,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK IV.iii.37and there boil like a gammon of bacon that will neverand there boyle like a Gamon of Bacon / That will never
The Winter's TaleWT III.ii.174What wheels? Racks? Fires? What flaying? BoilingWhat Wheeles? Racks? Fires? What flaying? boyling?
The Winter's TaleWT III.iii.62fighting. Hark you now: would any but these boiledfighting, hearke you now: would any but these boylde-

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Venus and AdonisVen.555 Her face doth reek and smoke, her blood doth boil, Her face doth reeke, & smoke, her blood doth boile,

Glossary

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batchtumour, boil, ulcer
bileolder form of ‘boil
boiledreceiving a sweating treatment [for venereal disease]
boiled-brainhothead, maniac, headstrong fellow
botchtumour, boil, ulcer
byle, bileolder forms of ‘boil
flint-hearthard-hearted, hard-boiled
garboiltrouble, disturbance, commotion
injurysore, abscess, boil
mountcause to boil, make rise
oil[vat of] boiling oil
quatpimple, small boil
seethereduce by boiling, dissipate by overheating
seetheboil with urgency, bubble, be in a ferment
sodboil, stew [from ‘seethe’]
soddenboiled, stewed up

Thesaurus

 13 result(s).
boilbatch
boilbotch
boilinjury
boilsod
boil with urgencyseethe
boil, cause tomount
boil, smallquat
boiledsodden
boiling oil [vat of]oil
boiling, reduce byseethe
hard-boiledflint-heart
oil, boiling [vat of]oil
reduce by boilingseethe

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BOILBASICboil v, boiled adj, boiling adj, boiling n
BOILPEOPLEboiled-brain n
BRAINPEOPLEboiled-brain n
GARBOILBASICgarboil n

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